Wild West City

Yes, it's still there! Everything is the same as when we were kids, except for the part where Spiderman came barreling down Main Street on a horse.

Backyard Camping

We want to go camping with the kids, so we decided to give it a "trial run" in the back yard. Everything was perfect - no detail was missed. We set up the tent, blew up the air mattresses, sleeping bags, the whole nine yards. We even picked up one of those 10 dollar charcoal grills from Walmart and cooked hot dogs and grilled marshmallows. Unfortunately, we couldn't control the temperature outside and overnight it dropped to 50 degrees, which was too cold for Ryan to sleep. We'll try it again next summer but we'll go in July or August. The tent was great though. It reminded me of the old Hillery canvas tent that dad took us camping in when we were kids.

Dinner and Dancing

Friday night was dinner and movie night. We got chinese food and watched Mall Cop with the kids, then Danielle and Joey danced till bedtime.

A beautiful weekend at Seaside

We went back to Seaside this weekend. Despite another hurricane that came up the coast, the weather held up and we had sunshine for the whole trip. A boardwalk clown made Joey his pirate sword and Michael won his on a floating duck game. Our next trip down the shore will be for the Que by the Sea, a barbecue competition held in Seaside Heights at the end of September. I'm sooo looking forward to that! -Mike

NBC News

The only way we could get a digital copy was to have Mike video the news with our camera.
http://tinyurl.com/DanielleK

Someone should let Hallmark know about this!

Hurricane Bill

Danielle and I went to Seaside Heights this weekend. We couldn't go in the water because of the strong rip currents from Hurricane Bill, so we enjoyed clam strips and a few cold ones on the pier instead.

Rock Band 2!

Fishing

The boys and I went fishing at Lake Musconetcong on Sunday. We dug up worms from the garden and caught six fish. -Mike

Fun at Seaside!

Argh!

I have no words for this one...

National Night Out

Michael and his friend, Kyle, at National Night Out with N.J. from the NJ Devils.

Thriller

Joey and his friend Kyle were dancing machines at National Night Out on Tuesday. They are dancing to Thriller!

Moon Over Hopatcong

I love this picture. It was taken right after my wife spotted Joey mooning everyone at the barbecue. Check out at the flare in her nostrils. Of course, I stayed behind to take pictures of the whole thing, so now Joey and I are both in the doghouse.

New Belt

Joey earned his purple belt on Saturday! He loves karate and we are so proud of his accomplishments!

Quote of the Day

Michael's comment on the lunch I made him (Steak and salad): "Can I have something else? This really wasn't pleasing to my tastebuds."

Give me your tired, your poor...

Yes, we were all of those this week!

Kovach on Ice!

Quentin had fun (I think) ice skating for the first time! Even Grandpa Kovach got in on the fun! Michael and I had a great time skating with them. I am always amazed at Michael's talent on the ice. I love watching him skate!

Danielle :)

Statue of Liberty trip

We took a trip to the Statue of Liberty on Wednesday. The line to climb the statue was too long so we decided to walk around the base. That's my nephew, Quentin on the left. He lives in Arizona. - Mike

Bone appetit!

Unfortunately, the bone gives him really bad gas.